Washington Commanders principal owner Josh Harris put all the questions to rest about the team's name on Monday. The Commanders are here to stay. "It's now being embraced by our team, by our culture, by our coaching staff," he said of the moniker. "We're going with that." A Washington Post-Schar School poll in April showed only 16 percent of Commanders fans supported keeping the name, adopted in 2022 after the franchise spent two seasons as the Washington Football Team. That name was used as the franchise moved on from Redskins, which it had used since 1937. But after a 12-5 season that saw Washington land in the NFC Championship Game for the first time since the 1991 season, the name has staying power, Harris said at a news conference.
Commanders owner: Team name here to stay
